Definition

1. Verb:
   • To examine evidence: To carefully inspect, verify, or analyze documents, testimonies, or materials that serve as proof for a historical event, fact, or claim.
   • To conduct source criticism: To study and evaluate the authenticity, reliability, and origin of source materials, often in historical or academic research.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Nhà sử học phải khảo chứng tất cả tài liệu trước khi công bố kết quả. (The historian must examine the evidence of all documents before announcing the results.)
  • Việc khảo chứng các bản chép tay cổ đòi hỏi sự tỉ mỉ. (Examining the evidence of ancient manuscripts requires meticulousness.)

Advanced Usage

• Used primarily in formal, academic, or scholarly contexts, especially in fields like history, philology, and textual criticism. It implies a rigorous, methodological process.

Variants and Related Words

• Khảo cứu (v): to research, to investigate thoroughly. While related, this is broader than , which focuses specifically on evidence.
• Đối chứng (v): to cross-check, to verify by comparison.

Synonyms

• Verify evidence
• Critique sources
• Authenticate documents

Related Terms

• Phương pháp khảo chứng: The methodological approach of source criticism and evidence examination.
  • Phương pháp khảo chứng là nền tảng của sử học. (The method of examining evidence is the foundation of historiography.)

1. Check evidence